The number of Florida sheriffs who have signed agreements to participate in federal programs designed to catch undocumented immigrants in county jails has tripled, and there are currently 15 local law-enforcement agencies participating in federal immigration programs. …

Eight days after being notified that Russia hacked into two Florida county's election records during the 2016 election, Gov. DeSantis directed the Secretary of State to conduct a review of the security of state and county elections systems. …

D’Alemberte, who died suddenly Monday at age 85, had a list of accomplishments --- including serving as president of the American Bar Association, president of Florida State University and dean of the school’s College of Law --- that were on par with a humanitarian legacy evidenced by the outpouring…

The research team has already completed an initial drone flyover to get a visual of the area being treated, plotted a grid, tested soil, sampled vegetation, applied herbicide and top dressed the field with compost.

A sophisticated voice-identity technology used to monitor prisoners and inmates across Florida and elsewhere is so secretive and controversial that its manufacturer urged government agencies to coordinate with its public relations office before responding to inquiries from news organizations, a Fresh Take Florida investigation found.

This was the first mission for the company's commercial crew program, which, if successful, could soon ferry American astronauts to space in an American-made vessel for the first time since the end of NASA's shuttle program in 2011.

Eight days after being notified that Russia hacked into two Florida county's election records during the 2016 election, Gov. DeSantis directed the Secretary of State to conduct a review of the security of state and county elections systems.

About 150 students, Gainesville residents and community leaders gathered around a prayer mat, listened in silence and held carnations in their hands as a University of Florida student sang. The words were meant to comfort in times of mourning.

With closed storefronts and empty sidewalks in this small, drive-by town, it is clear the town's once vibrant light has dimmed as the population dwindled. However, Waldo's city government is making strides for economic development and working on a number of projects to increase the population and turn the fate of the town around.

On Thursday, Hawthorne Middle High School held a district rezoning workshop in case the school does not receive a passing grade and the students at Hawthorne have to go to another school starting in the 2018-2019 school year.

Potential rezoning would allow for single residential, multi-family residential, mixed-use development and conservation management areas on the site containing wetlands and nearly 1,200 acres of planted pines. But that rezoning may not happen anytime soon.

Once developed hubs for the citrus industry, these two communities now bear little resemblance to the agricultural centers they were in the mid-19th century. Instead, today they boast small-town values and fellowship as well as sleepy oak-canopied dirt roads.

Just three months after the Clay County Commission banned motor vehicles from driving at night on the dry lakebeds of Lake Brooklyn and Lake Geneva, some residents of Keystone Heights are complaining that nothing has changed.

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Across America, nearly 230,000 children have experienced gun violence on their school grounds. A team of 15 journalists from WUFT News traveled to Littleton, Colorado, Parkland, Florida, Washington, D.C. and Toronto, Canada to learn about these tragedies. Everyone who has attended school from 1999 onward are part of Generation Gunned Down. Here are their stories.

On Sept. 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria pounded Puerto Rico, destroying nearly everything in its path and cutting off the island from the rest of the world. A team of 11 journalists from WUFT News and Noticias WUFT traveled to the island for a week to document life after Maria. What captured their attention were the stories of resilience and determination to keep moving forward.

In the news, we often hear about people going to prison. But, we never hear about what happens to inmates once they leave. We wanted to find out. Our team of eight journalists at WUFT News followed the lives of seven people, some just minutes after they were released. Locked Out: Florida explores how the label “felon” has followed six people long after their prison sentences ended.

Energy comes at a much greater cost for Gainesville’s poor, from the portion of income spent on utilities to the days without power after Hurricane Irma. A special report on why the poor pay more, and what we can do.​

On the morning of September, 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall as a Category 4 storm at 9:10 a.m., at Cudjoe Key before continuing its assault up the spine of the Florida peninsula. WUFT covered the storm from before it made landfall through the recovery efforts. These are our stories.

This summer, WUFT reporters focused on a community-engagement project that celebrates and highlights the rich diversity of the people who live here. We asked them why they made Gainesville home. All of them came here for different reasons, but one thing kept them here— it's a place where we belong— all of us. The project, Our Gainesville, is comprised of individual stories of people living, working, praying, performing and more. It dives into our past and present. It tells the stories of who we are, where we are and what we are. It shows what makes Gainesville, Gainesville.

A statewide investigation of compliance with Chapter 119 of the Florida Public Records Act has revealed that the state lacks a uniform system to enforce the public records law. WUFT News investigated compliance with the state public records law in all 20 Florida district state attorney’s offices.

The construction — happening city-wide, but mostly on University Avenue and on 13th Street — comes as part of plans by the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency and the university to renew Gainesville.

The Earth is wondrous, complicated, precious, damaged. How can we do its story justice, from the awe to the peril? Graduate students studying Nature & Adventure Journalism in the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications asked some of our most captivating environmental storytellers. WUFT News published their responses in a multi-week series of interviews and stories that celebrate science, environmental communication and the natural marvels that inspire it all.

In recognition of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, WUFT-TV presents “Pearl Harbor: 75 Years Later,” a short documentary that tells the stories of veterans who survived those two infamous hours that greatly altered the course of American history.